Dubai Pitch Challenge
Santiago - Dubai - Abu Dhabi - London- San Francisco
24 - 31 OCTOBER 2018 - Dubai
DUBAI PITCH CHALLENGE
MENACatalyst Foundation is committed to promoting & developing entrepreneurship in Palestine and contribute to build the “Palestinian Virtual Global Economy” through direct collaboration with the Palestinian diaspora business leaders & investors worldwide.
Autipoti is the first toilet (potty) training application in Arabic designed for children with autism, based on Applied Behavior Analysis principles and evidence-based treatment protocols.
Halalivery is the UK's first online halal food platform that serves consumers through an on-demand delivery app that connects people with halal restaurants, butcheries and grocery stores.
Kenz is an e-commerce business, based in Palestine, specializing in and selling curated collections of women’s lingerie, pajamas, and shapewear, to the Middle East market. Kenz is unique in that they position theirselves as experts in lingerie and fit as well as understanding the needs of women in the region. Their target customers are active, stylish women between the ages of 25-40. Currently, they are targeting women in Saudi Arabia (with plans to expand to other countries in the GCC). These women want a discreet, convenient and enjoyable way to purchase lingerie.
RedCrow provides risk-mitigation solutions to international organizations, diplomatic missions, and individuals operating in the MENA region through real-time security intelligence feeds. During the last two years, RedCrow has closed over 18 contracts (Amnesty International, EBRD, EU, and others). This year, RedCrow reached the breakeven point, and they are currently raising 1.6 M in order to scale to the rest of the MENA region.
Play 3arabi is a mobile games publisher focused on Arabic - a region with more than 150M smartphone users that houses the country with the highest average revenue per paying user in the world. Instead of wasting time and money building games from scratch, Play 3arabi scouts for successful games that fits the region, localizes them, and markets them in Arabic.
Ezpilot is a data collection and analysis service provider, using new technologies with high quality in collection and analysis. It is the first customized application for data collection in the Mena-Region. Ezpilot uses smart phone and tablet application to collect the data from the field, so as to ensure a minimal margin of error in the data, by using high validation and connection between the questions itself in the same survey.
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Getting Started
Challenge participants registered on our website (http://www.menacatalyst.org/) and were accepted as semi finalists must head to the welcome desk on arrival for check-in. At the welcome desk, all participants will be provided with name badge and T-shirts that must be worn all times.
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Drinks & Mingling
After the check in at the front entrance, all participants and guests are welcome to the main meeting area for mingling and to drink coffee to prepare for the eventful evening.
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Setting the Tone for the Event
This session includes welcome speeches delivered by MENACatalyst Foundation, and keynote speeches delivered by guest speakers.
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Speed Intros
It is time to get all participants involved. Everyone in the room is allowed 30 seconds to introduce themselves, tell where they are from and why they are at the event.
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Pitch Presentations
Teams line up in order to make quick 5 minute pitching.
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Winners Announced
MENACatalyst to announce the winning startups of a fully paid trip for a 5- day ‘Demo Event’, to pitch your startup to a room of Angel Investors and Mentors.